TechTalk with Peter McLachlan, Co-Founder of Mobify
DMP 110
CS alumnus and co-founder of Mobify, Peter McLachlan, will be coming to talk about how he built up his company.
Date: Mon., Jan 14
Time: 5:30 pm
Location: DMP 110
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Title: From idea to reality, the twists & turns of building a business without startup funding
Abstract:
Mobify Research & Development (www.mobify.com) was first incorporated as Handi Mobility in 2007. Over a period of five years, Mobify has grown from three friends with an idea for making transit easier for residents of Vancouver to a platform for mobile & tablet web with global customers including Starbucks, British Telecom, Siemens, Bose, Lululemon and Honda.
I'll discuss how we first entered the marketplace, the changes to our market position as we grew and evolved (a fancy word for "pivot") as well as our most significant missteps and successes. I'll also talk about the rapidly changing technology landscape of mobile, how it has impacted our platform & products over the past 5 years, as well as the dramatic changes such as responsive web design that continue to redefine our business.
Bio:
Peter McLachlan is a co-founder and the Chief Architect of Mobify. His responsibilities there include product design & development, security and Mobify's digital infrastructure. On sunny days, he leads workouts on Mobify’s rooftop patio. A graduate of UBC Computer Science, he studied data visualization with Tamara Munzner in Imager lab with a focus on visualization of large scale networking data and qualitative analysis of data visualization techniques.